For African business, ending corruption is 'priority number one' - Interview: Georg Kell, Executive Director, The Global Compact / UN.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

UN.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic and Social Development.

Local Subjects:

Economic and Social Development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (3 pages)

Contained In:

Africa Renewal Vol. 24, no. 2, p. 7-9 24:2<7 2517-9829

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : United Nations, 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The United Nations Global Compact is an initiative to encourage businesses to voluntarily adhere to ethical standards. Launched a decade ago in 2000, the initiative now has about 7,700 corporate participants and stakeholders in 130 countries, including 297 firms in 29 sub-Saharan African nations. Most recently, a high-level business leaders summit in New York on 24-25 June, organized by the Global Compact, declared that "embedding human rights, labour, environmental and anti-corruption principles into corporate practices benefits both society and business." Just before the summit, Africa Renewal spoke with Executive Director Georg Kell about the Compact's anti-corruption work.

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